I think I'm a clone now...

So it's been a while since I've posted but not much has been happening. Only been to a couple of shows such as Arson Anthem and Less Than Jake. I have pics and I'll post them up when I have more time.

Here's a new thing I tried out with my camera and The GIMP photo software. It's called cloning and it's really cool. Other than my foot being messed up I am happy with it. This was my second attempt because my first one came out green (don't ask :))

Next time I'll do some different stuff and make it better. :)

Fecking SNOW...

I HATE snow!!!!

FL trip...

Just before Christmas I won a front seat for my 55 Ford on eBay. The guy I got it from said he would not ship, so before I bid I of course looked up where he was. He is in Yulee FL about 30 mins outside Jacksonville.  Google Maps says its a 9 hour drive, right!

So, I took off from work on Fri. I had spent all week trying to figure out what vehicle to drive. Lisa's Hyundai is better on gas than my truck, but no matter what I do I can't seem to get comfortable in it. My truck is a beast on gas but it is such a pleasure to drive. Well I took my truck. I won't tell you how much I spent in gas :). 


I drove to the gas station and filled my tank for the first time since I have owned the truck. I went around the corner to the Valvoline and got an oil change. I needed a new serpentine belt so I let them replace that too. I'd rather have it be fixed than it break somewhere in Nowheresville, GA.

I finally left at around 5:30pm CST and checked into my hotel at 4am EST. After you get off I-16 the drive through GA sucks! - most of the drive is 65mph but as you get closer to small towns the speed limit drops and town it drops to 35! I takes a while to get back to 65 again because small towns aren't so small. 


I checked into my hotel at 5am Sat morning at the Comfort Inn in Yulee. The guy behind the counter was pretty cool. He dropped the weekend rate a few bucks for me because I checked in so late. I ended up asking him to extend my stay another day (check out is at 11am so they charge you for a 2nd day if you stay later than that which I find ridiculous. Just charge me for what I stay and cut out the bullshit) so I could get some sleep. I did have a long drive back after all. I checked out at 3pm after a restless sleep. 


I called Johnny from a gas station on the corner of SR 200 and U.S. 17 to get directions to where the seat was and it turns out I was 2 miles away. We loaded the seat in my truck and shot the bull for a while. Guy had an awesome array of vehicles from a 55 Ford Vicky to a late 60s Plymouth muscle car (GTX maybe) with a 440 in it.


I then headed home. I got to my door at around 2:30ish this morning. I slept really good today!


Now onto the pics;


Desolate road, Somewhere GA

Okefenokee Swamp -  if you watch the Addams Family you'll know that Gomez and Morticia honeymooned here after they got married.

Welcome to FL 

The cars in front of the shop

I found gearhead Heaven - Summit Racing's retail store in McDonough, GA - pretty sure I heard angels on high :)

I also saw a huge Bass Pro Shops near Macon GA, but I didn't get a pic of that.

BTW - the seat that I got - It needs to be reupholstered but I think I could clean it and run it as is.

Yeah, I can sit there making "Vroom Vroom" noises :D

Thank God...

The holidays are OVER! That's all.

Well actually that's not all. Headed to Fla this weekend to pick up a seat for my 55 Ford. Pics forthcoming.

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24 hours of...

A Christmas Story - that is all!

So this has been an interesting week...

to say the least.

Monday and Tuesday - Lisa was in Cincinnati for work, so I got to come home early to take care of the pooch.

Wednesday - Lisa came back from Cincinnati while I was at work. I had only taken a 1/2 day though because the Koffin Kats were playing FooBar that night. They are a great psychobilly band from Detroit. I've been listening to them for a while. I got there in time to pretty much catch Shaky DeVille, Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys, and Liberty. A couple of pics of Slim Chance are in the album.

All my pics from that night are here.

Thursday night I was actually at work all night. Woohoo!

Friday morning I went to Kustom Thrills Tattoo in E. Nashville for some new ink. My buddy Chris Saint Clark did me up right. It's been 24 years since I had ink done.

Friday night I took a 1/2 night to go see Commonwealth of American Natives, Have Nots, Flatfoot 56, and The Street Dogs. So I get off work at 7. I run home to get Lisa and we stop to get something to eat. This puts us at The Muse at around 9-ish. Apparently we came in during Flatfoot 56. They were the 3rd band of 4. So basically I paid full price for 1.5 bands.

The couple of pics I got are here.


The night didn't totally suck tho. While we were at The Muse we ran into Nic Roulette and Andrew D from Hillbilly Casino, Matt and Wally C from Shakey DeVille and Wally's girl Theandra, Theo A. from Jane Rose and the Dead End Boys and his friend Chris. Nic invited us to Layla's Bluegrass Inn  to watch them jam. So we headed up to Lower Broadway. Parking is a BITCH! We drove around for like 20 mins looking for a spot. Finally we found one on Broad and went to Layla's. HBC rocked as usual.

Sat night we went to McNamara's Irish Pub & Restaurant in Donelson to hang with our friends Brian and Robin and listen to traditional Irish music. I even got them to play Lanigans Ball. I know the song as (F)lannigan's Ball from the Dropkick Murphys. Basically the same song, a great party that has gone awry.

So that was my interesting week. Hope to have more in the future.

Last night at FooBAR..

Last night we went to see Stuck Lucky, Whiskey Daredevils, Liberty and Hillbilly Casino. What an awesome show. It was pegged as Punk & Rockabilly meet again!!! And they sure did!

As usual all the pics I took are in my Picasa album.

First band up was Stuck Lucky. They were kinda ska punk with a trombone in the mix.

Next up was the Whiskey Daredevils. These guys were really good, especially their guitarist. The lead singer was a trip with his hand gestures and facial expressions. They were a lot of fun.

Liberty is the next band up. They don't have a lot of songs yet, so they have a shorter set than the other bands. I didn't take many pics of them because I have a few already.

HBC was the last band of the evening. They rocked as usual. 'Nuff said.

We also ran into a few friends last night.

Butch  and Blackie

Robin dancing

Brian making faces at the camera (red shirt). Stanley from Bowling Green came down to hang. He's in the back with the bandanna on.

All in all we had an awesome night.